Trade, Migration and Integration - Evidence and Policy Implications

South-North Migration and Trade: Survey and Policy Implications

This paper surveys aspects of the relationship between trade policy and South-North migration, and derives a number of policy implications. It first reviews the theory and evidence of that relationship in order to ascertain whether trade and migration are complements or substitutes, distinguishing between North-North and North-South migration. It then reviews the literature on the welfare impac...

Trade Policy and North-South Migration

Trade Policy and North-South Migration Differences in the rate of population growth between developed and developing countries have potentially important implications for patterns of trade, migration, and the distribution of the gains from economic activity, both within and between nations. This paper focuses on migration-related effects. We offer a theoretical discussion of explicit theoretica...

Transition and Integration in Europe: Implications for agricultural and food markets, policy, and trade agreements

Several Central and Eastern European countries are on their way to becoming members of the European Union. Agriculture and agricultural policy is an important issue in EU enlargement. This paper reviews the changes that have occurred in the agricultural and food sector of the CEECs and draws implications for the impact of EU enlargement on agri-food markets and policy. First, those countries wh...

R&D Spillovers, Trade Integration And Expansion Of Trade Flows In East- West Asia And Pacific

New Trade Theories and Developing Countries: Policy and Technological Implications